[Taxacom] Identity of a hoverfly

[Herbert Jacobson]

Isn't that a form of Thorpean Mimicry?

Herb

> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 13:00:37 -0700
> From: stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz
> To: jlr326 at cornell.edu; dyanega at ucr.edu; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Identity of a hoverfly
> 
> Hoverflies usually fool people into thinking that they are wasps. This wasp fooled a botanist into thinking it was a hoverfly pretending to be a wasp!! :)
> 
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> ________________________________
> From: Jim L. Reveal <jlr326 at cornell.edu>
> To: Doug Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu>; "taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> 
> Sent: Monday, 14 October 2013 7:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Identity of a hoverfly
> 
> 
> Dear All:
> 
> It really helps to place something in the right group! Thanks to Doug Yanega the sand wasp appears to be Steniolia elegans J. Parker. Thanks to everyone for their comments, especially getting this into the correct order.
> 
> Jim Reveal
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] on behalf of Doug Yanega [dyanega at ucr.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 1:59 PM
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Identity of a hoverfly
> 
> On 10/13/13 7:56 AM, Jim L. Reveal wrote:
> > http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/digitalimages/014954.html
> >
> > http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/digitalimages/014956.html
> >
> > I would appreciate it if someone might tell this botanist if this is a hoverfly, and better yet, what genus and species this might be. This was found near Enterprise, Washington Co., Utah, on Eriogonum microthecum var. simpsonii.
> This is a bembicine crabronid in the genus Steniolia. It superficially
> resembles S. duplicata, but the important diagnostic features are not
> visible in these photos.
> 
> Peace,
> 
> --
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